Kodiak Crabbers Stand Down Due to Low Price Offer
A fleet of nearly 170 Tanner crabbers from the Westward region is standing down and will not drop pots when the fishery opens on January 15.
That includes crabbers from Kodiak, the Alaska Peninsula and Chignik who have a combined catch quota of 7.3 million pounds, the largest since 1986.
“We have solidarity among all groups,” said Kevin Abena of Kodiak, skipper of the F/V Big Blue and a spokesman for the Kodiak Crab Alliance Cooperative that represents 121 permit holders.
Kodiak’s Tanner crab harvest limit this year is...
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